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New Windows Photo Gallery & Movie Maker Add Auto Collage, Panorama & Enhanced Narration

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Among the various programs that Microsoft offers for free to its customers of Windows, Movie Maker and Photo Gallery are two widely used and highly appreciated applications. Both of these applications allow users to work with their photos and videos, applying effects, adding narration, and creating beautiful slideshows. The main focus of these applications has not been on piling up a lot of features; instead, providing users with simple controls to perform basic image and video editing functions is what Microsoft aimed for. Yesterday, a new version of Windows Photo Gallery and Movie Maker came was announced for Windows 7 and Windows 8. Some very useful new features are introduced in the latest version, such as Text Effects, Audio Emphasize, Auto Collage, Photo Fuse. Moreover, Vimeo is the new publish partner of Microsoft, allowing you to share videos directly to Vimeo from Photo Gallery and Movie Maker. Keep reading to find out details about the new features. Read More

Get More Out Of the People Hub By Integrating LinkedIn

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LinkedIn is THE social networking site when it comes to building up professional relations and contacts. With over a 100 million registered users, this professional networking giant is the essential part of many people’s lives. With functionalities tailor-made to give you maximum opportunities for having a successful career, LinkedIn is nothing to be taken lightly. It could be a matter of minutes for a new job to crop up and a new linking opportunity becoming available. So the best option is to somehow be able to get LinkedIn updates on the go, and in real time, just as they unfold. In Windows Phone 7 the People hub provides just that functionality, but with one problem, LinkedIn is not included in the services this hub has been integrated with. Although it will be quite useful if LinkedIn was there too, right? Read More

How To Import (Transfer) Outlook Contacts To Windows Phone 7

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One of the major problems faced by any user when moving on to a new mobile phone is the transfer of contacts to the new device. Many of us have become exceedingly dependent on Microsoft Outlook for the management and storing of our contacts and personal data about the people we know and interact with. If you have your Outlook contacts synced with your current phone, then you are bound to think twice before getting a handset upgrade as importing contacts can be a big headache. The easiest and most logical solution is to connect your Outlook to your Windows Live account, providing you with all the contacts you need on your phone. But how can this be done? Well, all you need is a tool from Microsoft that appears to be tailor-made for this purpose (and most probably it really is). Read More

Bypass Microsoft Smart Screen Filter In Chrome With Microsoft SmartScreen Bypass

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Microsoft Smart Screen Filter is a feature present in Internet Explorer and other Microsoft products such as the Windows Live Messenger. It is a meant to protect users against web and social engineering threats. This Filter scans links that are accessed in a Windows Live application and opens them in the default browser. One reason that this warning pops up so frequently is because Microsoft reminds its users to protect their passwords and that they are leaving Windows Live to visit a website. However, it can be quite annoying when one comes across the SmartScreen filter after clicking on a link sent by a friend via a Windows Live application. Microsoft SmartScreen By Pass is a Google Chrome extension that gets rid of this warning message and takes you directly to the desired webpage. Read More

Popular iPhone Messaging App IM+ Now Comes To Desktop

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Connecting to multiple messengers separately can fragment the desktop space to an unmanageable level. Many users have to login to their Skype account, Facebook chat, Windows Live, Yahoo messengers and Google Talk. IM+ is a widely used mobile application (particularly by iPhone users) which has recently launched a version desktop users. IM+ allows users to centrally login and manage multiple messenger accounts with convenience. This application uses the Adobe Air platform which makes it compatible across all platforms (Windows, Linux and Mac). Read More

Backup Windows Mail Before Upgrading To Windows 7

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One feature in Windows Vista that is not included in Windows 7 is Windows Mail, which make users look quite skeptical as to why Windows 7 does not include Windows Mail. The reason being Windows Live Mail (bundled in Windows Live Essentials), gives each & every feature Windows Mail offers, plus a brilliant one, which automatically configures it with most popular services for instance; Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL, and importantly Gmail. Read More

Top 5 Free Desktop Photo Editing Tools

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We all edit our photos in one way or the other. Either simple cropping, resizing, touching up or red eye removal. Almost all computer users do it. But you don’t always need to shell out big bucks for such functionality. There are many free desktop photo editing tools that match the functionality of paid commercial software. We’re going to take a look at what we think are the top 5 free desktop photo editing tools available for Windows. Read More